El Picacho del Diablo

April 1990

By: Jay Holshuh

This inscription was found on a metal plaque on the summit rock of Picacho del Diablo during a trip in April, 1990. I don't know how long it might have been there as other climbers I have talked to who have summited the peak more than once in the recent years do not remember seeing it. I may have mis-copied one portion of it and would like it to be corrected if possible. Also I am very curious who this person was. I think the plaque was probably placed by the Club Alpinista of Tijuana or Ensenada as some such group seems to have organized the peak register.

You tell me then that I must perish
Just as the flowers that I planted will die
Will nothing remain of my name
Will no-one remember my fame?
But the gardens that I planted are young and growing...
The songs that I sang will continue being sung.